Why Justin Bieber's April Fools' pregnancy Instagram post didn't go over well:
Bieber has come under harsh criticism since the post. Many commenters feel infertility and pregnancy are not a joking matter, given the number of couples who struggle with infertility. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12 percent of women, ages 15 to 44, have had difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term.on why pregnancy-related April Fools' Day jokes are not at all funny. Chelsey Cardinal now has children, but struggled to conceive.
"People don't understand that the pain of infertility doesn't disappear just because you have children," Cardinal said. "Looking back on it now, I used to hold so much anger at those posts. Now I look at it as an opportunity to educate people," she told ABC News in 2017.
"Words do hurt," she added. "And infertility is still much of a personal and private experience for many women and men. To joke about such a topic could potentially trigger a stream of negative emotions in those who are trying to conceive."
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